Thursday, April 28, 2011

Katie Casey was baseball mad.
Had the fever and had it bad;
Justto root forthe home town crew,
Ev'ry sou Katie blew.
On aSaturday, her young beau
Called tosee ifshe'd like to go,
To see ashow but Miss Kate said,
"No, I'll tell you what you can do."

"Take me out to the ball game,
Take meout with the crowd.
Buy mesome peanuts and cracker jack,
I don't care ifI never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."

Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knewthe players by their first names;
Toldthe umpire he was wrong,
All along good and strong.
Whenthe score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew what to do,
Justto cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:

"Take me out to the ball game,
Takeme out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."

Hint #1 (8:39am PT): Feel out the lyrics and watch the hands (or other icon if you've customized them).

Hint #2 (7:31pm PT): Pretend you're blink and you have to read it in Braille. Sort of.

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